Definitions of term
British English : term A term is one of the periods of time that a school, college, or university year is divided into....the summer term.tɜːm NOUNschool, college, university
- a name, expression, or word used for some particular thing, esp in a specialized field of knowledge ⇒ a medical term
- any word or expression
- a limited period of time ⇒ his second term of office , a prison term
- any of the divisions of the academic year during which a school, college, etc, is in session
- a point in time determined for an event or for the end of a period
- Also called : full term . the period at which childbirth is imminent
- (law ) an estate or interest in land limited to run for a specified period ⇒ a term of years the duration of an estate, etc (formerly) a period of time during which sessions of courts of law were held time allowed to a debtor to settle
- an estate or interest in land limited to run for a specified period ⇒ a term of years
- the duration of an estate, etc
- (formerly) a period of time during which sessions of courts of law were held
- time allowed to a debtor to settle
- (mathematics ) either of the expressions the ratio of which is a fraction or proportion, any of the separate elements of a sequence, or any of the individual addends of a polynomial or series
- (logic ) the word or phrase that forms either the subject or predicate of a proposition a name or variable, as opposed to a predicate one of the relata of a relation any of the three subjects or predicates occurring in a syllogism
- the word or phrase that forms either the subject or predicate of a proposition
- a name or variable, as opposed to a predicate
- one of the relata of a relation
- any of the three subjects or predicates occurring in a syllogism
- Also called : terminal , terminus , terminal figure (architecture ) a sculptured post, esp one in the form of an armless bust or an animal on the top of a square pillar
- (Australian Rules football ) the usual word for quarter (sense 10)
- (archaic ) a boundary or limit
- an estate or interest in land limited to run for a specified period ⇒ a term of years
- the duration of an estate, etc
- (formerly) a period of time during which sessions of courts of law were held
- time allowed to a debtor to settle
- the word or phrase that forms either the subject or predicate of a proposition
- a name or variable, as opposed to a predicate
- one of the relata of a relation
- any of the three subjects or predicates occurring in a syllogism
- (transitive) to designate; call ⇒ he was termed a thief